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We had a few kindhearted souls bring coats into my workplace to donate to the homeless LGBTQ youth in downtown Salt Lake City. We filled the car with goods. Last night, Daniel and I headed to the Utah Pride Center to make the donations. We loved driving up the rainbow painted bridge to the center.Continue reading “Living With Gratitude”

Every Tuesday, we get together with a couple of families at Daniel’s school, under the watchful tutelage of the school psychologists, and learn ways we can be better. We eat dinner as a family and use conversation cards and we abide by strict rituals to make everything go smoothly. After that–the kids enjoy socializing together,Continue reading “On Pondering Goals”

Last Tuesday, I said a prayer over breakfast with Daniel. I prayed that little Virginia would pass away peacefully. Immediately, Daniel’s eyes filled with tears and he yelled at me, “Don’t ever say that prayer again!” Then he laid his little chubby cheeks on the kitchen table and wept, “I only got to meet herContinue reading “A Child’s Heart is Like a Tardis”

I have suffered from depression for years. This time last year, I was falling in love. And I felt this very real motivation to see a psychiatrist and try to stop handling my ups and downs on my own. Because it wasn’t just about me anymore. Love is a nice feeling, but love leads toContinue reading “Depressing Depression”

Daniel told me a deep dark secret last night. He told me that he has another family. A secret family. Of WEREWOLVES!! He said that he and his other family go out at night and run around howling at the moon! Then I revealed my secret. I AM ALSO A WEREWOLF!!! Poor Antonio doesn’t knowContinue reading “Daniel’s Other Family and My Tragic Secret”

Yesterday, Daniel climbed into bed to wake me up at 6:30 am. I was not happy. Not awake. Antonio is ridiculously energetic early in the morning. Even though he was able to sleep in until 6:30 am, he was still wide awake at 4 am. So he made breakfast and I wandered into the kitchenContinue reading “Good Morning”

Daniel wants to be strong.  He is constantly climbing things and doing pull ups on everything he can in order to improve his strength. He eats vegetables like a champ because we told him they would make him strong.  His dad is the strongest man I know though. He moves thousands of pounds of palletsContinue reading “Strength”

Last night, we decided to go on a family adventure. We got in the car and drove up Little Cottonwood Canyon. We drove up past Snowbird, parked, and began walking up the road. Antonio had his camera, I had my phone camera, and Daniel decided to defend us all against the dangers on the road.Continue reading “Communing With God, Each Other, and Nature”

Daniel started school last week. It’s been a struggle. We are learning and growing though! We’ve learned that Daniel has to be sleeping at 8pm. We’ve learned that punishments need to be shorter in order for him to remember that he’s being punished. We’ve learned that he can sense when we’re stressed. We’ve learned thatContinue reading “School Days!”

It’s the last week before school starts… so we’re trying to cram every fun thing we can think of into this week. On Sunday night, we finished the first Harry Potter!  On Monday morning, we set off on a long walk. The dog wanted to sniff every tree, and the boy gathered every stick andContinue reading “Life is a Carnival!”